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l ASAHEL C. BOYD, WORCESTER, MASSAGHSETTS, ASSIGNOR `TO E. W.

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Letters PatentNo. 105,898, dated nug'usm, 1870;

IMPROVEMENT IN` FOLDING-CHAIR.

The Shednle referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASHEL C. BOYD, of Worces- `ter,in the county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and improvedFolding- Cliair; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description `of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing making apart of this specification, inwhiehs Figure1 is a side elevation of the chair, open; Figure 2 is a side elevationof the chair, folded to.-

gether; and

Figure 3 isa frontelevationof fig'. 1; This invention relatesto certainimprovements in folding-chairs whose frontlegs extend upward and arejointed at their upper ends to the chair-back.

The invention consists in the combination of the seat `andlongitudinally-slotted back legs with the side `posts of the chairback,when the same `are provided, near their lower extremities, with" pinswhich enter the slots in the back' legs; also, in thef'combination ofthe above with theijointed4 arms' which connect the side posts with the'rear part of the chair-bottom, all

in suchra manner that, when ithe 'chair "is folded together, the backmayslide upward in theslots of thel \Iegs, and, by `meansjof ,thelconnecting-bars, raise the chair-bottom `until it becomes parallel withand stands in close proximity to' the back, and, when the chair is h,for the purpose specified.

the chair-bottom downward into a llorizontalposition.

In the drawinga is the chair-bottom or seat;

b, the front legs;

e, the back legs;

d, slots in the inner sides of the back legs;

f, the side posts of the chair-back;

e, the pins which project from the posts f into the slots d; and f h,the jointed bars which connect the posts f with the rear part of theseat a.

Having thus described my invention,

What' I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the legs c, provided with the slots d, side postsf of the. chair-back, provided with the pins e, legs b, and seat a,snbstantia-lly as described.

2. In combination with the above, the jointed arms ASAHEL C. BOYD.Witnesses l l ORANGE S. GORDON, E. G.PARTRIDGE.

